January 30, 2013

OhioLINK: ETD Update

News from OhioLINK regarding the status of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation database is detailed below and on the OhioLINK Facebook page.  Updates will be posted as they become available. Thank you for your continued patience regarding the ETD.



ETD Search and Display is back! 
Search and Display: We are pleased to report that the ETD data integrity scan passed all vulnerability checks, and all previously published ETD data is back online along with search and display functionality. We would like to thank James Russell of OhioLINK and the OH-Tech development team as well as the information security staff for working diligently to get this service back as soon as possible. If you notice any unusual service behavior, please report it through the usual channels. 
Submission and Approval: OhioLINK staff, OH-Tech, and selected members of the ETD Task Force continue to work on testing and review of the submission and approval features. We expect to open up the service to general staff user testing sometime early next week. 
OH-Tech is working on the capture and load of submissions into the submission and approval application that were in process at the time of the server incident. We hope to minimize the necessity for re-submission of as much content as possible for the sake of students and ETD administrators. We apologize for the disruption in service, and thank you for your patience. - 1/29/13

Library News: Charging Station

Need to charge your phone? A charging station is now available to AU Library users. Located near the copy and change machine on the library main floor, the charging station has a variety of cords to fit a number of devices.  If you need help locating the charger, ask at the library circulation desk.

AU Library is not responsible for any device left unattended.




January 22, 2013

AU Library on Facebook

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News, information, updates, and things we want to share are posted. Comments (and likes!) are always welcome, come join in the conversation.

January 17, 2013

OhioLINK: ETD Update

OhioLINK: "The OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Center is temporarily unavailable while we resolve a server incident. Our apologies for this interruption in service. We'll post more information when we have an estimate on when the database will be again be available."-- OhioLINK Facebook

Library Hours Update: MLK Holiday

In observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday break, please note the following AU Library hours schedule updates:

  • Saturday, January 19th - Closed
  • Sunday, January 20th - Closed
  • Monday, January 21st - Open 6 pm to 10 pm

A complete listing of AU Library Hours Updates is available on the Library web site.

January 15, 2013

Update: ETD Access

Here's an update from OhioLINK regarding ETD access and other service restoration.

We are happy to report that access has been restored for the following
OhioLINK services:
The following OhioLINK services remain unavailable:
At this time we expect that the ETD Center will remain "down" for at least another day.

Once again, thank you for your patience. We will continue to post updates as they become available from OhioLINK.

January 14, 2013

Update: ETD Access

The following information regarding the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (ETD) is from OhioLINK:
We have been informed that work is continuing and will continue through the night to resolve the issues with the affected server. The affected server hosts the following OhioLINK services which are not currently available:
Thank you for your continued patience. Updates will be posted as they become available to us from OhioLINK.

Electronic Theses & Dissertation Access

We have received notification from OhioLINK of a problem regarding the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Database. Updates will be posted as they become available.

"The Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) service will be coming down immediately for emergency maintenance. We do not have an estimate when service will be back up after the emergency maintenance, but will keep you posted." - E. Sproat, OhioLINK


Update: Please note the OhioLINK list of databases is also currently unavailable. The outage is related to the ETD emergency maintenance on the server.  Work is in progress to restore these services.  Thank you for your patience.

Library Hours: Spring 2013

Welcome back to
Ashland University!


The Library's spring 2013 hours begin today; a complete listing of hours updates is available on the library hours web page.

January 3, 2013

Library Hours Update

Welcome back to campus! AU Library is open 8 am to 5 pm Thursday (1/3) and Friday (1/4) this week.  The hours schedule for next week is noted below:
  • Saturday, January 5th: Closed
  • Sunday, January 6th: Closed
  • Monday, January 7th - Friday, January 11th: 8 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday, January 12th: Closed 
  • Sunday, January 13th: Closed 
AU Library's Spring schedule resumes on Monday, January 14th at 7:45 am.